Insertion of regulation 27C into the Building Regulations

7. After regulation 27B (fabric performance values calculations) insert—

“Target primary energy rate calculations for new buildings
27C.—(1) This regulation applies where a building is erected.

(2) Not later than the day before the work starts, the person carrying out the work must give the local authority a notice which specifies—

(a)the target primary energy rate for the building calculated and expressed in accordance with the methodology approved pursuant to regulation 24;
(b)the calculated target primary energy rate for the building as designed, calculated and expressed in accordance with the methodology approved pursuant to regulation 24; and
(c)a list of specifications to which the building is to be constructed.
(3) Not later than five days after the work has been completed, the person carrying out the work must give the local authority—

(a)a notice which specifies—
(i)the target primary energy rate for the building calculated and expressed in accordance with the methodology approved pursuant to regulation 24;
(ii)the calculated target primary energy rate for the building as constructed, calculated and expressed in accordance with the methodology approved pursuant to regulation 24; and
(iii)whether the building has been constructed in accordance with the list of specifications referred to in paragraph (2)(c), and if not a list of any changes to those specifications; or
(b)a certificate of the sort referred to in paragraph (4) accompanied by the information referred to in sub-paragraph (a).
(4) A local authority is authorised to accept, as evidence that the requirements of regulation 26C have been satisfied, a certificate to that effect by an energy assessor who is accredited to produce energy performance certificates for that category of building.

(5) In this regulation, “specifications” means specifications used for the calculation of the target primary energy rate.”.